We Build Better Humans, Issue #6 - INTENDING CONNECTION
This issue features: 1. Blueprints to family anchors || 2. Tools of the Trade: 5 tools for SEL everywhere || 3. Lovevery play kits for baby brains
When schedules move from hectic to frenetic, our homes (& our insides!) can, too. What’s the fix?
How about the concept of “family anchors”? Pick one piece of the cake visual below & see how/where/when you can fit this in … regularly. After all, an anchor is steadfast. BONUS: If you want even more intentionality in designing your ideal family life, you’ll love to follow everything by Avital Schreiber Levy, aka The Parenting Junkie, as I do.
Twinkl.com—an educators’ clearinghouse of lesson plans, worksheets & all sorts of other teacher tools—sent me an email bonanza recently of their Top 20 SEL Resources. (That stands for Social-Emotional Learning, the classroom concept where students get to recognize & manage the feelings they have throughout the day that could otherwise interrupt learning capacity.) It included this 3-min read on 5 Tools to Build Social-Emotional Skills. And there are teaching resources included in the article!
New to the parenting gig? If you have a baby—your first or your (seeming) hundredth—you’ll love exploring these play kits & accessories from Lovevery. They also have gym mats (pictured above) & other stage-based toys for neurodevelopment. They tout baby-safe, or sustainable, organic & non-toxic materials.
You may already know I not only share my inbox with you, I also share my insights in a local, community radio show on WVLP 103.1fm in Valparaiso, Ind. The show, Tune In: Radio for Your Mind, Body & Soul, is all about the practical applications of mindfulness. Recently, I sat down with recurring guest Positively Dave to talk about Australia’s whole-family edu-show Bluey. Listen to learn!
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